Stop Chasing Shiny Apps. Start Demanding Solid Superpowers.

Hi, I’m VGOM, your friendly neighborhood Guardian of “Please Don’t Break My Business.”

Let’s get one thing out of the way:

The underlying technology doesn’t matter nearly as much as how it’s implemented.

I’ve been around a while. In superhero years, I’m basically a vintage action figure. I’ve watched “the next big thing” march in every year promising to solve all our problems:

“This platform will change everything!”

Cool. So did the last 12. Where are they now?

Here’s the pattern:

• New Tech App appears.

• Everyone swoons.

• Early adopters gamble their business on it.

• A year later: “So… how do we migrate off this thing without setting everything on fire?”

I Love the Upstarts… I Just Don’t Trust Them With Your Payroll (Yet)

Don’t get me wrong—

I love young upstart companies. They keep the industry sharp, they force the big players to innovate, and their marketing videos have great background music.

But betting your mission-critical communications on a brand-new infrastructure that isn’t broadly adopted?

That’s not “disruptive.”

That’s “we’re closed today because the phones don’t work.”

You want bold innovation on top of boring, bulletproof reliability.

Not instead of it.

Why I Hitch My Cape to Cisco Webex

Cisco has been building mission-critical systems longer than some “AI-powered collab startup founders” have been alive. They power the backbone of the internet, the stuff that just quietly works while the hype trains come and go.

Webex hits that sweet spot:

• Ease of use like WhatsApp – click, call, done.

• Runs on everything – computer, tablet, desk phone, mobile phone. If it has a screen and a pulse, Webex can probably live on it.

• Serious command & control – IT actually gets a cockpit, not a “good luck, here’s a dashboard” screen.

And the superpower I love to brag about?

One Button. Any Meeting. Any Platform.

From the chat window:

• Want to call someone? 👉 One button.

• Got a meeting invite? 👉 One button to join, whether it’s:

  
  

  • Google Meet

  • Microsoft Teams

  • Webex

  • Zoom

  
  

Webex doesn’t pout because the organizer picked a different platform.

It just shrugs, cracks its knuckles, and gets you in the meeting.

Your users don’t care what platform the meeting is on.

They care that:

• It works.

• It’s fast.

• It’s not confusing.

• And nobody has to say, “Wait, do I need to download another app?”

Where Virtual Guardians Fits In

This is where my day job comes in.

My company, Virtual Guardians, is a Cisco-certified Webex collaboration partner.

Translation into non-nerd:

We:

• Build and support phones, meetings, webinars, and collaboration using Webex.

• Design this stuff so small and medium businesses don’t need a full-time IT wizard to keep it running.

• Focus on simple, reliable, repeatable solutions—not science experiments.

You don’t need to chase every shiny new platform to stay modern.

You need:

• A rock-solid backbone (hello, Cisco).

• A clean, simple experience for your team (that’s Webex).

• And a slightly snarky superhero making sure it’s implemented correctly (hi, that’s us).

If you want to stop gambling your business on “beta” and start building on battle-tested infrastructure, call in VGOM from Virtual Guardians.

Cape optional. Uptime not.